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Luke 6:23

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.

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ASV

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

KJV

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

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χάρητεcharētedo rejoiceG5463 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
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ἡμέρᾳhēmeradayG2250 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
σκιρτήσατε·skirtēsatedo leap for joy;G4640 →
ἰδοὺidoubeholdG2400 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
μισθὸςmisthosrewardG3408 →
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771 →
πολὺςpolus[is] greatG4183 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῷtō<the>G3588 →
οὐρανῷ.ouranōheaven.G3772 →
κατὰkataAccording toG2596 →
τὰtathe [things]G3588 →
αὐτὰautaof themG846 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ἐποίουνepoiounwere treatingG4160 →
τοῖςtoistheG3588 →
προφήταιςprophētaisprophetsG4396 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
πατέρεςpateresfathersG3962 →
αὐτῶν.¶autōnof them.G846 →

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Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.Revelation 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.Revelation 3:5Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.James 1:2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.James 5:10Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.Revelation 2:10–11Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.Revelation 2:26And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.Acts 3:8He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.1 Peter 4:13But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.Revelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.Hebrews 11:6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.2 Samuel 6:16As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

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